{"id":7342,"date":"2026-05-04T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7342"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:50:11","slug":"notes-from-lesson-11-04-05-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a2-fortsattning-distans-live\/notes-from-lesson-11-04-05-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 11 (04\/05\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Lesson Eleven<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the date today?\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s Monday <\/strong><em>the\u201d<\/em><strong> \u00a04th \u201c<\/strong><em>of\u201d<\/em><strong> \u00a0\u00a0May\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>(<em>\u201cfoorth\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Monday 13<sup>th<\/sup> April was the <strong>first<\/strong> lesson (= number 1)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday \u201cthe\u201d 14<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0April was the <strong>second<\/strong> lesson (= number 2)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0April was the <strong>third <\/strong>lesson (=number 3)<\/li>\n<li>Monday 20<sup>th<\/sup> April was the <strong>fourth<\/strong> lesson\u00a0 (lesson 4)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday 21<sup>st<\/sup> April was the <strong><u>fifth<\/u><\/strong> lesson (lesson 5)\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<em>furst<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday \u201cthe\u201d 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u00a0April was the <strong>sixth<\/strong> lesson (=number 6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<em>siks-th\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Thursday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> \u201c<em>of<\/em>\u201d April was the <strong>seventh<\/strong> lesson\u00a0\u00a0 (=number 7)\u00a0 seventeenth 17<\/li>\n<li>Last Monday was the <strong>eighth<\/strong> lesson (=number 8)<\/li>\n<li>Last Tuesday was the <strong>ninth<\/strong> lesson (=number 9)<\/li>\n<li>Last Wednesday was the <strong>tenth<\/strong> lesson (= number 10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Today is<\/strong> the <strong>eleventh<\/strong> lesson (= number 11)<\/li>\n<li>Tomorrow will be the <strong>twelfth<\/strong> lesson(=number 12)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The day after tomorrow<\/strong> will be the <strong>thirteenth<\/strong> lesson. (=number 13).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0What we did <\/strong><strong>\u00a0today <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talking about the past week<\/li>\n<li>Grammar \u2013 past perfect<\/li>\n<li>Vocabulary and discussion \u2013 employment (cont)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a huge bonfire.<\/p>\n<p>We made a bonfire and burnt the garden waste.<\/p>\n<p>What have you been doing since we last met<em>?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I <strong>met<\/strong> friends, we <strong>had<\/strong> a BBQ<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you celebrated anything like a birthday, or \u201cValborg\u201d? What was it and what did you do?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65<sup>th<\/sup> birthday<\/p>\n<p>What has been the highlight of your week?<\/p>\n<p>Have done any chores in your home\/garden\/balcony?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>I cleaned the kitchen floor, I planted some flowers and strawberries on our balcony<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you done anything in English?<\/p>\n<p>Have you sent or received any interesting messages?<\/p>\n<p>We <strong>cleared out<\/strong> the basement, we<strong> tidied up<\/strong> the basement,<\/p>\n<p>the cellar\u00a0 (older, wine)<\/p>\n<p>We store boxes in our loft\u00a0 \/ our attic<\/p>\n<p>smultron = wild strawberries<\/p>\n<p>konkurrenter = com<strong>pet<\/strong>itors<\/p>\n<p>There were 15 com<strong>pet<\/strong>itors in the compe<strong>tit<\/strong>ion.<\/p>\n<p>On 30<sup>th<\/sup> April, Sweden celebrated the King\u2019s 80th <strong>birthday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On 29<sup>th<\/sup> July, my husband will celebrate our 26<sup>th<\/sup> (wedding) <strong>anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 13<sup>th<\/sup> June, it will be the King and Queen\u2019s<strong> Golden Wedding anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We went for a slap-up meal on our wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The country celebrated the 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the author\u2019s death\/birth.<\/p>\n<p>I found the King\u2019s speech very moving.\u00a0 I was very moved by his speech<\/p>\n<p>His compliment was really touching<\/p>\n<p>bekant = an acquaintance\u00a0 <em>a-kwayn-tuns<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I listened to <strong>the choir<\/strong> singing at the bonfire.\u00a0 \u201c<em>KWire<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>dikt = a poem<\/p>\n<p>Wordsworth was a traditional English <strong>po<\/strong>et. He wrote beautiful <strong>po<\/strong>etry.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t <strong>feel like<\/strong> cooking tonight. Let\u2019s eat <strong>out<\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n<p>We ate in every day to save some money.<\/p>\n<p>big prawns\/shrimps = king prawns, tiger prawns<\/p>\n<p>a lobster ( a delicacy, maybe just eat half)<\/p>\n<p>I want to <em>sunbaythe<\/em> on the beach\u00a0 (= lie in the sun and get a tan)<\/p>\n<p>There were so many tourists sunbathing on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll get sunburnt if you stay out too long.<\/p>\n<p>put on \/Apply sun lotion sun cream<\/p>\n<p>Sit in the sun\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 sit in the shade ( = Out of the sun)<\/p>\n<p>The cat chased its own shadow (its silhouette)<\/p>\n<p>a sleeveless top<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Past perfect<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I realised that I <strong>had seen\/ I\u2019d seen <\/strong>him before.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neg \u2013 I\u2019d not seen \/ I\u2019d never him before<\/li>\n<li>She said that <strong>she\u2019d finished<\/strong> her homework.<\/li>\n<li>He didn\u2019t want to come because <strong>he had been<\/strong>\/ <strong>he\u2019d been<\/strong> there already. \u201c<strong><em>heee<\/em><\/strong><em>-yud<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>We understood the film because <strong>we\u2019d read<\/strong> the book first. \u201c<strong>weee<\/strong>-yud redd\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When I got to the station, the train <strong>had<\/strong> already <strong>left<\/strong>. \u201c<strong>trayn-uhd\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After <strong>she had eaten \/ she\u2019d eaten<\/strong> , she went for a walk. \u201c<strong><em>shee<\/em><\/strong><em>-ud<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When we arrived, they<strong>\u2019d<\/strong> already <strong>started<\/strong> the meeting.<\/li>\n<li>I felt nervous because I had\/ I\u2019d never flown before.<\/li>\n<li>He was happy because <strong>he\u2019d passed<\/strong> the exam.<\/li>\n<li>They had just finished\/ They<strong>\u2019d <\/strong>just finished dinner when I called.<\/li>\n<li>She <strong>had lost<\/strong>\/ She<strong>\u2019d lost <\/strong>her keys, so she couldn\u2019t get inside.<\/li>\n<li>We had already watched\/ We\u2019d already watched that movie, so we chose another one. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wash\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 watch<\/li>\n<li>He\u2019d never tried sushi before that day.<\/li>\n<li>I had \/ I\u2019d\u00a0 never heard that song before I heard it on the radio. \u00a0\u00a0<em>hurd<\/em><\/li>\n<li>We\u2019d just arrived home when it started raining.<\/li>\n<li>He told me <strong>he\u2019d forgotten<\/strong> his wallet so I lent him some money for lunch.<\/li>\n<li>When I opened the shop, I realised <strong>we\u2019d forgotten<\/strong> to turn off the lights the evening before.<\/li>\n<li>I couldn\u2019t order the salmon, because the restaurant <strong>had run out<\/strong>. (none left)<\/li>\n<li>The car stopped because we had \/ <strong>we\u2019d run out<\/strong> of \u00a0petrol\u00a0 (= no petrol left)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story building &#8211; homework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue this story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got home, I realised that someone had left food in front of the door \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explain what had happened before you arrived.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I got home, I saw that someone had taken my food. What did you do?<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived, the film had already started. What did you do?<\/p>\n<p>I felt nervous because I had never tried it before. What happened?<\/p>\n<p>When the guests arrived, we saw that we\u2019d made a mistake with the booking. What happened next?<\/p>\n<p>The guest was angry because we\u2019d forgotten their order. What did you do?<\/p>\n<p>When I started work, my manager told me that a guest had complained. What was the problem?<\/p>\n<p>When I checked the room, I saw that someone had left a bag behind. What did you do?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>their = he or she or non-binary eg A good doctor always reassures <strong>their<\/strong> patients.\u00a0\u00a0 (= gender neutral)<\/p>\n<p><em>workt\u00a0 checkt \u00a0\u00a0shockt<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I called my husband to see if he\u2019<strong>d given<\/strong> our food away.<\/p>\n<p>I called my children to see if they<strong>\u2019d been <\/strong>home and eaten up\u00a0 our food<\/p>\n<p>I suspected that someone <strong>had<\/strong> <strong>broken<\/strong> in and <strong>taken<\/strong> all our food.<\/p>\n<p>a snail<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>slugs<\/strong> are destroying our vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>We must learn to trust our intuition.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to\/Trust your gut feeling(s).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>a plumber \u201c<em>plumma<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 , he works with water pipes,<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s using a spanner\u00a0 \/\u00a0 wrench\u00a0 (US)<\/p>\n<p>a construction worker, a builder, a <strong>brick<\/strong>layer, he\u2019s a holding a trowel<\/p>\n<p>a flight technician\u00a0 (<em>tek<strong><u>nissh<\/u><\/strong>un<\/em>) , a flight engineer<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0an historical picture<\/p>\n<p><em>a carpenter\u00a0 (CAA-pen-tuh). \u00a0He\u2019s using a hammer to hammer in nails.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We use needle and thread to sew.\u00a0 We use pins to hold the fabric in place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ac<\/em><\/strong><em>upuncture needles<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>an electrician\u00a0 (el-leck-<strong>trizsh<\/strong>-un)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We need a screwdriver to tighten screws<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>an architect (AAH-<strong>ki<\/strong>-tekt)\u00a0\u00a0 a city\/town planner\/designer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>a policeman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a police officer (neutral)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201ccops\u201d\u00a0 (nickname)\u00a0\u00a0 coppers\u00a0 (BrE)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>a fireman\u00a0 a firefighter\u00a0 .\u00a0 He is holding an axe.\u00a0 We need an axe to chop firewood.\u00a0 She uses a chainsaw and a wood splitter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>a vet\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Check the meanings of the following words and phrases:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to apply for a job<em> = to <strong>send in<\/strong> an application form (post), CV and covering letter\u00a0\u00a0 (online =\u00a0 to submit an application)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>to resign from a job\/to quit your job (US)<em>\u00a0 = leave, hand in your notice\u00a0 <\/em>(permanent)<\/p>\n<p>tj\u00e4nstledig<em>=\u00a0 to take leave of absence,\u00a0 to go on study leave\u00a0 <\/em>(temporary)<\/p>\n<p>to be fired (US)\/sacked (US) \/dismissed from your job =\u00a0 they kick you out!\u00a0 (because of theft, disorderly behaviour etc)<\/p>\n<p>to be laid off (US)\/to be made re<strong>dund<\/strong>ant\u00a0 (BrE)<em> = people lose their jobs because a company is downsizing, they need fewer employees or because a company has gone bankrupt<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>re<strong>dund<\/strong>ant technology eg the telex machine, fax machines, the typewriter, cassette players<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>to be on maternity\/paternity\/parental leave\u00a0 In Sweden parents are entitled to 480 days pa<strong>rent<\/strong>al leave.\u00a0 He is on parental leave for 3 months.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>to retire\u00a0 = usually 67<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The age of <strong>retirement<\/strong> will go up to 70.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>training or education?\u00a0\u00a0 We had on-the-job training (= skills)\u00a0 Teacher training days.\u00a0 Doctor\u2019s training.\u00a0\u00a0 A formal education until we\u2019re 19.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>skills development (?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>skolplikt\u00a0 = compulsory education<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>perks\/fringe benefits\u00a0 = for example: subsidised gym membership and\/or healthcare<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>free\/subsidised travel. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>staff discount, food for free<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The family got free or subsidised train trips when my father worked for British Rail<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>a bonus = money\u00a0 &#8211; He got a 30% bonus that year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>to hand in your notice = To announce your intention that you will leave (in writing).\u00a0 I have to give 6 months\u2019 <strong>notice<\/strong> if I want to leave my job.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A \u00a0<strong>probationary period<\/strong>\u00a0is a specific amount of time at the beginning of a new job to see an employee is suitable for the position.\u00a0 (usually 6 months)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A <strong>collective agreement<\/strong> is a contract between a company and employees, often with a (<strong>trade) union<\/strong> It sets out the terms and conditions of employment like salary, working hours, overtime, holidays, and other workplace rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>National Union of Teachers (the N.U.T)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>hourly paid employees\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 teachers paid on a hourly basis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson Eleven What\u2019s the date today?\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s Monday the\u201d \u00a04th \u201cof\u201d \u00a0\u00a0May\u00a0 \u00a0(\u201cfoorth\u201d) \u00a0Monday 13th April was the first lesson (= number 1) Tuesday \u201cthe\u201d 14th \u00a0April was the second lesson (= number 2) Wednesday 15th \u00a0April was the third lesson (=number 3) Monday 20th April was the fourth lesson\u00a0 (lesson 4) Tuesday 21st April &hellip; 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